is a Japanese actor and singer. He is one of Japan's 11 most popular male entertainers, according to an NHK survey taken in 2004.Mark D. West ''Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan'' 2008 - Page 179 "Fukunaga, the boy band SMAP, and Takuya Kimura of SMAP), and 3 actors (Yūji Oda, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Satoshi Tsumabuki). Of the 11, Sanma, the first comedian-host on the list, is the unquestioned king, the favorite of 18.1 percent of"

Biography

Oda was born in

Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the List of cities in Japan, eight ...

. In the late 1980s, he launched his career with the release of two singles on records. In 1989, he appeared in the television drama ''Mama Haha Boogie'', from which point he started to gain popularity as an actor, which also brought attention to his singing aspirations. In 1991, he appeared in the enormously popular television drama ''Tokyo Love Story'', a breakout role. He then became a leading man in Japanese film and television, generally playing the role of a

sympathetic character A sympathetic character is a fictional character in a story whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, if not admire. Protagonists, almost by definition, fit into the category of a sympathetic character; so, however, do ma ...

. His most famous role is that of Aoshima, a police detective in the ''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, and Y ...

'' film and television drama series.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

* 1991:

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

- Most Popular Actor * 1999:

- Best Actor for ''

'' * 2003:

Japanese Academy Awards The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

- Best Actor for ''T.R.Y.'' * Hochi Film Award - Best Actor

References

External links

Official website
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Yuji Oda on Universal Music Japan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oda, Yuji 1967 births Living people People from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male pop singers Japanese male television actors Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture